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This,r e '_Aebrated Old IRIS WHISKY rivals the finest FR10"...-jti BRANDY, It l a rule, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. gold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the ilgeilts in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale • 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded mlanallan's LL Whisky." No. 22,471. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1864. PRICE ....4d. STAMPED ....sd. COLONIAL AND GENEAAL GAS COMPA NY (Limited!. Capital £250,000, in 10,000 share' of £25 eall. First issue 5, 00 sha. es. More than half of wh ch are already taken. The Directors are all gentlemen connected with Gas Com panies. ospecteses and forms on applications at the Temporary Offices, 33, Ki❑g-street, Che.apsiee. LORD WILLIAM LENNOX'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready a all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ADVENTINES of a MAN of FAMILY. By Lord WILLIAM PITT LENNOX, Author of "Fifty Years' Biographic 1 Reminiscences," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough• street. • 11. 4 NDItA I URE, UARP.ETb, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrooms occupying an acre of ground. Every ardole warranted. and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely . New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4ll 4dn , -able engravings of every description of Furniture and ..easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent pats and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale : • Naval and Military Intelligence, MAGAZINE DAY. , T HE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited), PO, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,010. in 20,0 0 Shares ot £5O each. Subscribed Capital, .000,000, in io,ooo Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Ho 1. James Stuart Wortley. Deputy Chairman—James Le-ic , Esq. The Rou. T. C. Halibarton Ad , lphe Hakim, Esq. Henry "ownal Esq., J.P. Edward Warner, Esq., litL,P. John Westm irland, Esq. Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Charles E. Newbon, Esq. clerics Ella Esq. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., with Portrait, R EMINISCENCES OF THE OPERA. By BENJAMIN LUMLEY, E AST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The Court of Directors of the East and We , t India Dock Company IF reby Give Notice, that a HALF-YEARLY COURT` o GENERAL tvl EETIN of the, said Co npany vill be held, pursuant to the direction of the Act st and td Will am IV., cap. 52, at the Do..k House, No. 8,13.11 i er square, on ERID Y, the Bth July next, for the I.urpose of cto osing and appointing eight Direct rs in the room of th se going out of office by rotat en, and also one other Director to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resination of A .gustus Henry B sanquet, Esq. ; at• which meeting a Dividend will be deAared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the h-lf year ending the 30th June. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and Wtst In lift Dock Rouse, Billiter-square, June 24, 1864. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at TwO,o'clock precisely. Twenty years' Director of Her majesty's Theatre. "Our space does not all,w us to follow Hr. i,umley 'n hi many anecdotes of artist lie, or i,, hi criticisms o the ceie brated artists who have from time to time peopled his stage. His judgments stri, e us as not on y discriminating, but eminently fair an- candid." Saturday Review. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great arlborougb-st , eet. A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 4 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-ro men ditto ''so 16 6 A Twetve-roomed ditto MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. This Company Bank of London. reeds of advances m .ney on the 'eposit of Title aPProvert Freehold or Lea.ehold Property in Gr. at Britain, With or w thout regular MortzaV. Guarantees Titles or Securities, Qui, as Agent, negotiates Loan on Mortrage, tor 'onz or -hort teriods ; also, Receives Money on Deposit for FIXED PERIODS ONLY, o,t special rates to be agreed upon. Com munications to be addressed to the Manager. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Tem P °r i'Y Office. 80, T ombard-street, E.C. f. ogether with a erie,e List of purified .edding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring, househ )Ih furniture sarpeU-, or bedding. References kindly permittei) to Olen). y men and gend men in or near Great Jialvern, Southampton. Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells Ox 4 ord Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, , taines, Dorking, 'it. A .ban's, Worcester, Ipswich, keterb,)rough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 oilier places in all parts of G, eat ur .t COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, London. S.E. At all Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T OO STRANGE. 'NO V TO BE TRUE. By Lady GEORGIANA FULLERTON, Author of Ladybird," &a "The story is wonderful and full of interest, and Lady Fullerton tel a it well. Some o , he characters are touched off with consider,ble skill, as the Chamberla , n, the Colonel, and the bargeman's daughter Limonette "—Times. Richard Be Vey, New Burlington-s'reet. MR. W. S. W 0 ODIN'S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, Shortly will be Published, 2 vols., post Bvo., T HE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND THE SUMTER. From the Private Journals, Svc., of Captain SEMMES, C.S.N., and other Officers, with 11,ustrations, Correspondentle, &C. London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 66, Brook-street, W. an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polgraphic Hall, in Kg William-street, CGaring-o-oss, Ri n g s at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Morningsat three.— Stalls, and box sta ls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from e even to five. T HE CREDIT MOB ILIER (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, Z 1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subs.ribed Capital. £500,000, in .0,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. ell ah'Man—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wort'ey. 81 P. The Hon T, C. Ha iburton, I John Westmorland. E , q. Alexander n Edward Warner, Esq., ALP. unbar, Esq. Char es Ellis, Esq. do_ klakh n . sat, ja 434 Leviok, Esq. EflsteVeh. - Henry Pownall, Esq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. Dles BANKERS. rs. Masterman Peters, Mildred. and Co. London. Messrs. Smith', Payne, an L^nClon. _ This Comp ny is pre pared to n•-gotiate Government and gunicipal L o +ns, and to aid in carrying out Concessions. To mike adean es pn approved securities. To Pffect the purchase and sale o Shares, Stocks, ezci , and to transact financial business genera' Y. Also to receive money on deposit, for BRIEF or EX TENDED per ode, on terms to be agreed upon. Com munications to be made to the Manager. THOMAS SHORT, Secretary. Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, London. E.C. THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Comranies Act, 180.2. Capita Four Millions, in 80, 00 shares of £5O each. Deposit on application .£ per share, and £1 on allotment. Fur f her calls tvi 1 not exceed £5 per share, made at intervals of no less than three months, and will extend over a period of three years. It Is estimate l l that not mare than two-thirds of the total capital will be required to be called up. DIRECTORS. Abraham Darby, Esq., Ebbw Vale Park, Monmouthshire, Chairman and Managing Director. Joseph Robinson, Esq., Berkhampstead and London, Deputy Chairman. Frai cis Tothill, Esq., Bristol. John Platt, Esq.. Oldham. G. S Beecroft. Esq , M.P., Leeds. James As inal, Turner, Esq., M.P., Manchester. Barry George Gordon, Esq., 1, Clifden-place, Hyde-park, London. • Charles King Anderson, Esq., 65, Old Broad-street, London. BANKRRS. The Bank of England. Ai , d i s several Branches at Manchester, Birmingham, Live?; 001, Bristol, Leeds, New castle, Hull, Plymouth, Portsmouth. Leic-ster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Freshfie ds and Newman, London. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshu Hutchinson and Son, London. AUDITORS. David Chadwick, Esq. (Messrs.o haft Lek, Adamson, M'Kenna, and Co.), 27, GrPat George-str, e , Westminster. John Young, Esq. (Messrs. Co'eman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co.), Tokenhou-e-yard, City. OFFICES. PRO TEM No. 27, Great George-s reet, Westminster, and 7, Laurence Pountney-hill, C ty. The Company is formed for the pu pose of carrying into effect an ag ,. ement made for the purchase of tke undermen tioned oal, ro and other Works, which have ror a long time been carried on with very satisfactory rrsult4 by private in iividual•=. and are capab'e of constierable expansion, with greatly increased profits. The Properties and Work; have heel purchased on very favourable terms. on valuations made by eminent mining en. ineers. The Works consist of 1. The Ebbw Vale Collieries and Iron Works. 2. The Sirhowy t ollieries and Iron Works. 3. The Vict ria Collieries and Iron Works. 4. The Abersychan C dile' les an Iron Works. 5. The Pontypool Collieries and Iron and Tin-plate Works. G. The Abercarn Collieries and the Chapd Farm Estate. 7. Wharves and Landing Stages at Newport. All the county of nonmou h. 8. Hmmatit , lon and Coal Galeages r Royalties in the 14'orest of Dean. in the county of Gloucester 9. The Brendon Hills Carbonate of Irm or Spathose Atnes, in the county of Somerset. And the Estates comprise :- 3,254 acres of Fre hold Land and Mines. 7,215 acres of Leasehold Mines, and agr• etnents for leases having upwards of 8 yea , a unexpired 2,137 acres of Leasehold Mines, having from 10 to 50 years unexpired 70. acres of Mine 4 in the Forest of Dean, held under a Crown lease, renewable in perpetuity for perio a of 21 years. About 9 miles in length, or about 3, 00 acres on the course of the Spathose iron ore veins, in Somersetsh re, under leases for about 50 years unexpired. The leaseho d coal and iron-stone royalties are held on very k -, .oderaie terms. Tlere are upwirTli . of 2,000 houses and cottages on the free hold and leasehold estates, The rentals'from land,jarms , and houses, amount to about X14 : 000 -year._ _ _ The works afford employment to more than 15,000 persona, repre enting a population of 50,4 - 00 people. Bchools f r the alcommo ation of 2,203 children, and a Me chanics' In-titute have been erected upon the emtates. There , re 23 b as -furnaces, of which 16 are in operation at the present time—three being cold blast. The present annual prcducl of the various col ieries is 850,000 tons of coal ; and this quantity can, with a compara tively sma 1 outlay, be increased to 1 mil ion tons annually. Thr produce or iron-stone is 280,000 tons annu .11y, which can be increased to 450,000 tons. Th iron-making coals on these properties are of a superior quality, free ffom sulphur, and eminently adapted for the manufacture of the best class of iron or steel. The pre-ent annual yield from the furnaces is about 130,0f0 tons of pig iron, including 12,000 tons of P ntypool cold blast, but he arrangements are adapted for the production of 180.0 ‘0 tons. About 90,00 tons of r ils and finished iron are sold annually, which can be increased to 120,000 tons with the present applianc s. All the properties are very favourably placed in regard to si uatien of wor s and facilities of ransport. The c al and iron...? one mines, which arc now drained and proved, will supp y the present consumption, without any material in crease of dead charges or outlay of capital, for upwards of 50 ye rr , ; and with a small outlay will yield a further supply of (.0,000 to sof coal per annum, for household and team pur poses, for a like period. The haematite iron ore and coal properties held in the Forest of Dean will shortly be opened, and p 1 • ced in direct communication by railway with the various iron works, the distances between which an ' the place of pro duction will be from 2 to 42 miles only. whilst this clas • of ore is now arriea to the works 3 0 miles by water and 30 miles by raiL The Forest of Dean ore contains from 3' , to 42 per cent. of iron, and is well known for its superior quality over other haem tite ores for the manufacture of the b at iron and steel. it is estimated that, when ful y ope. • ed, the mines now held by the (Jo tipany will produce 100,000 tons annually for 5,1) y ears. The very extensive and valuable mines of spathose iron ore, in Somersetshire, belon ,ing exclusively to the ompany, are the only mines of their kind now being w. diced in in at Britain, excep ing the small veins found in the Durham lead mines When these mines are fully d-veloped tue works of the Company will possess a tvantages great, r than any other works in the supply of thi. most valuable materia for the manufacture of the best quality of it di and steel. And the cost of producing spiegeleisn (pig iron with this ore will not exceed half the present cost of spiegeleisn drily red in England from Germany, whi h country furnishes near y the whole of the supply required for the present consump tion. The Directors have agreed for a licence for the manufac ture of steel by the Be.erelorr process, whe.h, from the pecu liar resources they possess, they will be enabled to pro ince in v ry large quantities, and at a I rice that in comparison With other works, ill insure to them the same advautages in t e manufacture of steel rails as the Ebbw Va e Company have so long enjoyed in respect ot iron rails. The stocks ot material and finished iron will be taken at the cost . ri ce, as entered in the books at the ast stuck taking in September, 1863, and are to be paid for within six months. The contracts on hand, which are large, and at remunera tive pri Ts, will be transferred to the new Company. Mr. Abraham Darby, the principal propr etor and manag ing partner if the whole o the concerns comprised in the prese it purchase, will undertake the duties of Chairman of the Board, and hasconsented to act as Managing irector for a period of five years, thereby securing to the new Company the be , efit of his long practical experience in the manage ment of the works. Mr. Joseph ttobinson, also a proprietor in all the above concerns, and who for many years, as the London partner, has had the nrinclp 1 managemAiit of their comme cial ope ratiolis, will, under the direction of the Board, conduct the business of the Company as heretofore, From ne tilled reports on the profits of the various works, extendi g over a considerable period, and frim a due con sideration of the ai , vantag,ies possessed i y the Company, the erectors feel justified in anticHati g that the annual dividends will be such as to give satisfaction to the Share holders. The Vendors will sub scr ib e for Shares i n t h e C ompany t o th e extent of ha" a million sterling. ndr . eci . .Thousand pounds of the purchase money Three n itnin two months, and the remainder by six Will be Pa id eq ua l h a lf -yearly instalments, with inter st at 5 per cent. Paid No promotion - money or other si m ilar payment will be mad e. F orms of Application for Shares may be obtained at t e Bank of and its several Branches ; from the Broker% " or froln the undersigned, by whom any further d will be furnished. iniormaiion require ettApwrefi, ADAMSON, M'KENNA, and Co., Financial Air , nts, 27, Great George-street. Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. TIVP, t lituvir vALE CONIPANY (Limited). Capital boo,ooo, in 8 0, ° 3 '' ,00 ' Shares of £5O each. F NPcin ALLOTMENT OFORM OF AtI'LICATI°ES. Sal" No, To the Dire tors of ~ The Eb bw Vale Company Co., Per Messrs. Chadwick A A . inso u, ltl`lienna, and Co., Finan cial agents 27, Great'4X,"„e.street, Westminster, and 64, Cross street' , Mancheste r - n i_Gtntlemen, " r mg paid a deposit cf 41 rer Share, I beg to apply for Compa n shares of £5O each, hi t he pro Posed "Ebbw Vale hol er y ( Limi ed)," and I her e b a gree to become a Share an,i t o i n thftt Co mpan y, subject o its rules and regulations, allotted I, e pt such Sh a res, or any . e ss e number that may be 8, - e. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedien' servant, Name in full .............. Address in full Profession or occupation Date THE CREDIT MOBTLIER COMPANY of LONDON (Limited) invite TENDERS for the PUR CH ASE of MORTGAGE BONDS of £..0 each, to he extent of £200,00, ch.rged u on Leasehold Proi erty of large value, and bearing interest at Ten per Cent per A. num, payable Half-yearly on presentation of Coupons (whic amattached to the Bonds), at the Union Bank of London. Temple-bar Branch, The principal of the Bonds redeemable i • three years. Forms of App ication may be obtained at the Com pany's Offices, 54, Threadneedle-street, L ndon. Entrance, Hercules-passage). CRAMER -AND• NITANY (Limited). Incorporat, d under the Companies' Act, 1862, with limited liability. _Capital £lOO,Ol 0, in 10,' 00 shares of £lO each. Deposit £1 p r share, and £2 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £3 per share, and at intervals of not less than three mouths. Guaranteed Minimum Div den d of 10 per cent. per annum for 5 yea, s. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon the Viscount Bury, M.P., 48, Rutland gate, s..W. Wi .lert Beale, Esq., 28, Grosvenor-street, W. G F. Denny, Esq.. 29, Great St. Helen's, E.C. Henry Augustus Murrhy, Esq., 100, Park-street, Grosvenor square, W. William Edgcumbe Rendle, 1 , sq., Cecil House, Wimbledon park, S.W. T. H Scarborough. Esq., 5, Bloomsbury-square, W.C. John Gilbert Talbot, Esq., 10, Grea. Geurge-s reet. West mihster, - BANKERS The London and County Bank, 21 Hanover-square, W. Tue Metropolitan and 1 rov,ncial Bank, 75, Cornhill, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Marchant and Pead, 30, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. AUDI I ORS • Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, Public Accountants, 3.5, Col man-street, E.C. T. R. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover-square. BROKER J. G. Bone, Esq No. 2, Co thall court, Throgmorton-street, E.C., and Stock Exchange, London. SECRETARY. Charles Sheppard, Esq., pro tem. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 118, rail-Mall, S.W. PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed, as its name implies, for the purpo'e of acquiring the business of Cramer, Wood, and Cu. the well-known music publishers in liege 4-street. This business has for half a century bee in the highest re ute, not only in Engl .ud, but throughout the whole of Europe. It still maintains its prestige, and is iargely in creasing each year. The property comprises the valuable musical copyrights of the tirm, embracing the largest collection of music extant. The st.,ek of pianofortes and other musical i, struments for sale and hire one of the most extensive in the metropolis— is, n has for a long time been, highly remunerative. A conditional agreem nt has been entered into with Mr. Wood, the only surviving partner and present proprietor, for the tran fer to th • Com,.any as from the 3 st of Decembei last, of the entire business (free from all liabilities), in perfect wurki g order, including the whole s ock-in-trade, a 41 the leases of tne commanding premises, 199, 201, ',07, and 2 .9, Regent-street, 67, Conduit-street, and King-street, at a price the Directors believe to be reasonable and advantageous to the Company. The Directors ..re fortified in this view by the valuations of competen authorities. vir. Wood wit discha'ge all ,iabi ities up to the 3 thJune, 1864, and will pay over the profit.. fro the at January, 1864. He has also a 'reed to accept a 1 .rge proportion of whe pur chase money in paid-up shares. In he interests of the shareholders it has been thought desirable to keep the present proprietor identified with the business, and arr-ngements have been mane witu him which will secure his services in tue capacity of General Manager or a period fat least three years. During this time, and for the further period of two years, Mr Wood undertakes to guarantee—in any manner r. quired by the Directors to m. ke the shareh Jitters secure—tin pay ment of a minimum dividend of £lO per cent. per annum up ,, n the capi al. Messrs. iq.oom, Baashaw, and Westcott, ;.üblic accoun tants, have invest gated the account of :he business, and ar atisti dot the solidity of the undertaking With business in active operation, and a minimum divi dend of £ 0 per cent. i sured for five years, the Lompauy oilers unusual advantage as an inv. stment It is believed that for a long time it will be unnecessary to call up more than Xl per share beyond the amounts payable on deposit and allotment. The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the am. unt of his subscription. No promoters' fees or promotion money in any form will be allowed. In the event of no al otment being made the deposit wi 1 be return d in full. Prospec uses, with forms of application for shares, may be obtained et the Broker, 2, Co;,thali-c. , urt, Throgmorton street ; at the Metro olitan and Provincial Wink, ,5, Corn hill ; at the Loudon and County Bank, 21, Ha over-square ; a 201, Regent•street; anct at the Offices of the Company, 118, Pa 1-Mall. T HE GENERAL FINANCIAL and ESTATE AGENCY CORPoRATION (Limited). Capital £loo,uoo, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, with power to increase. £1 per share to be paid on allotment. Incorporated under "Tt,e Companies' Act, 1862," whereby the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount subscribed. CHAIRMAN. Captain Raymond, RN., The Mall, Chiswick, S.W. AUDITOR. Stanley R. Bennet, Esq.(°'e;Srs.hennet and Gaskell), 31, Nicholas-lane. E.C. BANKERS. London and West,inster, Lothbury, E.C. BROKERS. Messrs. Shorter and King, 26, Birehln-lane, E.C. SOLICITORS Messrs. Howard, Dollman, an. Lowther, 141, Fenehurch . . . street, E.C. SECRETARY. Francis It. Spry, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES-206, Gresham House, B.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECT US. This Corporation has been formed f•r the purpose of uniting the ordinary business of a Finaive Company with Oat of a , . Estate Agency- -a want not yet supplied by any of the existing companies The business of the Corporation will consist of two distinct branches—viz., Financial Transactions and Estate Agency Business, and competent representatives will be appointe i in the principal towns. The Fi ancl al Department will consist of advancing money on real and personal estate, whether intended for sale or otherwise, and on .uch other securities as the Direct rs may ap rove. 'rhe Corporation will act also as agents between mortgagors and mortgagees, and will g. , tiate subszt tions or loans for British and foreign undertakings, the boos fides of which w 11 be strictly investigated before they are sub mitted to the 1 . The Estate Agency Department will embr-ce valuations ; the r urchase nd sale of estates, lands, and houses ; the management of estates. and the carrying out of drainage and other essential improvements ; also the sales of agricultural produce, farming stock, a d every defrription of properties, by priva e contract and public auction ; and it is intended to hold perit.dical sales of freehold and leasehold properties. S veral luc ative transactions have already been secured by the Co poration ; and although the Directors consider the present nominal capital ample for all immediate purposes, power has been taken to increase the same should it be ultimately deemed desirable. By the Articles of Association (which lie for inspection at the temporary Offices of th- Company), e'ch Director is required to hold 2,0 s • -res ' • and more than shares have already been subscribed for by the Directors and their friends. Pros ectuses and forms of applicati n for shares may be obtained from the Ban era and Brokers, or at the Temporary Offic a of the Company. N O VICE.—Thi. GENERAL FINANCIAL and ESTATE AGENCY CORPORATION (Limited ) . The SHARE LIST of this Corr :oration will be CLOSED on th 30th for Town Application, and on the 2d July for Country App icstion. By order of the Board, F. SPRY, Secretary. THE GENERAL FINANCIAL and ESTATE AGENCY CORPORATION (Limited). The Directors are now prepared to receive APPLICA TIONS from Established Estate A ents in the country to act as Representatives for th , Corporation. By order of the Board, F. SPRY, Secretary. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADERS, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Finano al operations organised and Banking fa cilit es arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.—. the Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BAN KES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. PRIZE MED AL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, dm., &0., To the Queen and the P , ince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excclllence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manut acture. A disti .g►uished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my tutu, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. I s. td. per lb. Ordinary quality .. s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE C..INDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality is. 3d. per lb. Third quality Is. id. per lb. Carriage pald in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-steet, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the MaimillOtliro at Wax tAngles ter the use et the Altar_ NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. In Monthly Parts, uriitorm with the Original Edi ions of "Pickwick," "David Copperfield," .15c. Just published, Part 111., price lc, of OUR MUTUAL "FRIEND; By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twen y Monthly Parts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. SECOND EDITION.—Now Ready, with Frontispiece by F. G , lbert, toned paper, crown Bvo., price 65., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY; LYRICAL SKETCHES, and LOVE SONGS. With Notes. By R. N. DUNBAR. " The glow, the grace, the colour of those glorious scenes amongst which they were written, have been'caught by the author of these nleasant poems. . . The amatory passages are worthy of Thom Moore."—Critic. " Worthy of Moore, or the Persian Sadi "—Era. 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Admission, is 'VW PATEN'I' CURTAIN HOOK +h...' requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. l'o be had of all shops in own or cuuut y. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. REVENUE RETURNS, I.—An Abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the under-mentioned periods, ending June 39, 1861, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Q iarters ended Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, 1863 1863 1861 1864 £ £ £ £ 5,572,000 5,970,000 5,533,000 5,146,000 3,922,000 4, 53,000 5,12; ,000 4,•64,000 2,191,000 2,293,000 2,439, 00 2,539,000 176,000 1,285,000 36i,000 1,431,000 866,000 2,132,000 3, 68,000 2,46 , ,,000 903,000 990,000 965,000 : , 60,00J 68,000 87,000 8 , 00 69,000 411,504 808,166 1,308,589 495,400 Customs . Exst,s Stamps Taxes. Property Tax Post-01911,e Crown Lands •... Miscel.aneous Totes 114,411,504 118,318,166 1 18,989,084 118,274,200 Quarters ended Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, 1862 1862 1863 1863 Cu5t0m5.......... 6,201,000 6,320,900 5,722,000 5,857,0 1 0 Ma, ............ 3,604,000 4,090,000 4,665,000 4,405,000 Stamps .......... 2,180,000 2,18; ,000 2,374,00 ,, 2,394,000 Taxes ............ 166,000 1,2, 0,300 3)7,000 1,390,000 Proper y Tax •• • • 974,000 2,931,300 3,89 ,, ,000 2,918,000 Post-o a ........ 895,000 9o0,)00 955,000 950,000 Crown Lands •• • • 67,000 86,000 79,00 68,500 Delis ellaneou , •• • • 513,983 634,928 1,171,746 507,704 Totals ........ 14,60.4983 18,37 , 028 10,213,746 18,490,204 Totals ........ 114,60),983 i8,490,z04 Customs Excise Stamps Tax. Property TAX Post e Crowe Land Mis ell neous Total 1 18,213,746 Tears endi 1861 22,821,000 1 ~666,000 9,162,000 3,2110,000 8, .35,u , 0 3,82 , ~ 000 305,500 3,023,4.9 69,992,959 1g June 30 1863 24,100,000 16,674,000 9,135,000 3,183,000 10,713,000 3,7t,0,000 300, 00 2,828,361 70,683,861 I.—lncrease and Decrease in the periods ended June 30 1864, as compared with the corresponding periods of tilt preceding year:— Quarter ended June Year ended June 3 . 1861. 3 , , 1864. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. X___ X £ X Cu4toms E.cise Stamps 115,000 • • 327,000 .. Ta Nes Property Tax ... .. 449, 000 .. 2,067,000 Post-Office .... _ .•. 10,000 • • 70,000 .. Crown Lands Miscellaneous ---__ ____--- Total s Net Decrease....X 2l 6,od4 . • £690,902 lII.—An Account showing the Reveow of the Quarter ended June 30, 1864, the same, and the Charge of the CO the said Quarter, together with the Si upon such Charge. Surplus Balance beyond the charge of I solidated Fund, for the Quart( March 31, 1864, viz.:— Great Britain ..........•••• Ireland Le and other Receipts , the Application of asolidated Fund for iurplus or Deficiency the Con 'r ended £637,995 £637,995 Income received in the Quarter ended J"ne 30, 1864, as shown in Account I. Amount raiser per Act 25-2 s Viet., 8, on account of Fortifications, &a Amount received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1861, in repayment of Advances for Public 250,000 Woiks, &e: - 472,4.8 £19,634,623 Balance, being the Deficiency on June 30, 1864, upon the charge of the Consolidstect Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to Sept. 30, 186 k. and tor which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency will be issued in that Quarter, 951,412 £20,586,036 Amount applied out of the Income for the Quar ter ended June 30, 1861, in redemption of Exchequer Deficiency Bills for Quarter ended March 31, 1884 ...................... Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser vices, in the Quarter ended Julie 30, 1864 .. 9,536,913 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended .lune 30, 1864, viz. : Interest of the Permanent Debt £6,297,940 Terminable Debt .......... 327,830 Principal ot Exchequer Bills 969,300 Interest of Exchequer Bills 72,795 Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List 102,370 Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund ... ... 677,638 Advances for PublicWorks,&c. 593,125 Sinking Fund 4722,33") 9,529,167 Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the quaxter ended June 30, i B6l .. 797,62 £20.580,035 The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief will hold a Levee at 1 o'clock on Wednesday next, the 6th July. The Dauntless, 31, screw steamship, 580 horse power, Capt. J. N. Strange, having undergone most extensive re pairs, both of hull and machinery, in the large basin at Sheerness, previous to her departure for the Humber as Coastguard ship at that station, was taken to the measured mile off Maplin. Sands yesterday, in command of Captain W. K, Hall, C.B , chief of the Sheerness Steam Re serve, for the trial of her engines. Two runs were male with full boiler power, which gave a result of 9.291 knots per hour; the draught of water on the trial was, fer w:trd, 17tt sin ; aft, 18tt Bin. After the runs on the mile ho vessel was taken at full speed a long run round the \louse Light and back to the Little Nore, where sho is now anchored. By orders received from the Admiralty the • iauntless was told off as one of the Coastguard vessels in readiness to proceed at once to the Baltic, if necessary. She sill now proceed to Leith with the crew of the Trafalgar, which heel navigated the Edinturgh, late Coastguard vessel in the Firth of Forth to Sheerness. After this she will, previously to beiig taken to her station in the Hum ber, be manned by Coastguard men and proceed on a cruise. She is fully rigged, and has on board all her stores, armament, and ammunition. The trial at the measured mile is reported to have been very satisfactory. The Caledonia, 36, ironcased ship, 4,125 tons, 1,000 horse power, master in charge Henry S. Ley, will leave Sheerness this day for Plymouth, in command of Com mander G. J. Hodges, assist.-master attendant, Sheerness Dockyard. She will be manned by riggers from the dock y:ird, and ihi; men beloiging to the Steatu Reserve at Sheerness. The Racoon, steam corvette, 29, Capt. Count Gleichen, with Prince Alfred on board, arrived in Leith Roads on Wednesday morning, and took in coals. She was to leave next morning for the coast of Norway. An address of congratulation was presented on Tuesday by the Provost and Council of Musselburgh to Admiral Sir David Milne, K.C.8., on occasion of his safe return to hie seat at Inveresk, with Lady Milne and family, after an ab sence of about six years. Visit of the Duke of Somerset to Liverpool, DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES ON BOARD THE SCHOOL-FRIGATE CONWAY. The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty, de livered the prizes yesterday to the successful pupils on board the school.frigate Conway. Mr C. Mozley, the Mayor of Liverpool, presided, and amongst those present were— Lord E. St. Maur, Admiral Sir F. Grey, Captain Hall, Ad miral Robinson, Admiral Evans, Colonel Sir John Jones, Mr Charles Mozley (mayor of Liverpool), Mr. John Laird, M.P., Mr J. Bramley-Moore, M.P., Mr J. C. Ewart, Lieutenant-Colonel M'lver, Mr R. Brocklebank, Mr James Beasley, Mr J. B. Thomson, Captain Sproule, Mr Joseph Hubback, Mr Horace Turner, Mr S. G. Rathbone, Mr J. A. Tobin, Captain Paynter, Captain Fisher, R.N., Mr David M'lver, Mr Brandon Mozley, Mr Lewin Mezley, Mr John Cropper, Captain Mowll, and Mr J. Clint. After some remarks from the Mayor—who stated that five years ago the school commenced with 17 pupils, and that it now mustered 123—the prizes were awarded. They consisted of books, nautical instruments; the gold medal of the Liverpool Mercantile Marine Service Association (for the greatest general proficiency in all branches of training and education) ; a naval cadetship, presented by the Duke of Somerset, won by J. A. Ward ; and Admiral Eden's nomination to a second-class naval cadetship, won by E. H. H. Monson. There was also a prize for proficiency in nautical astronomy, given by Mr Brocklebank, and another given by the Mayor for practical seamanship. The awards having been made, the successful boys being heartily cheered by the ladies and gentlemen present, The Duke of SOMERSET said—Mr Mayor and ladies and gentlemen, it has been a great pleasure to me to attend here to-day and see the good work of this institution. I think it has become one of the most valuable institutions of the country; for what we want is a more educated class of sea men. In the progress of the world all classes must exert themselves more and more to adapt themselves to the in creased proficiency of the age, and I look wit.k great interest and pleasure to the progress which has been made here since this school was established. And now a word or two to the boys who ha% ego priz s. I would say to them, that to get prizes in early life is well, but remember it is nothing unless you persevere afterwards. I you have obtained prizes and hen afterwards lose your time, you have done worse than nothing. You must use the abilities you possess regularly, continually, and well, or you will not rise in the profes sion which you have chosen or in the general estimation of society. To those who have not obtained pi izes I would say, do not be discouraged, for many who in the bginning of life have not started with advantage have yet won the race in the end. It is by steady perseverance that you will get on, and to be discouraged at once is a great mistake. Nlany of the first men in the country who tailed in early life, and at the beginning of their career, have by perseve rance risen afterwards far above those who seem to win at the start in life. I trust, then, that all of you will go on well, and remember this, that, raised as you are by your knowledge and your position in society, you have also this great duty to remember, that you are English gentlemen— and through all your course ci life never to do anything that won), discredit an English gentleman. (Applause.) Keep that steadily in mind, and then, with the proficiency and talents that you have, you may rise to any position iu the society of England. (Loud applause.) Mr JAMES BEASLEY then proposed three cheers for the Duke, which were given with great enthusiasm. Mr RALPH BROCKLEBANK (in the absence of Mr Hors tall, M.P.) moved a vote of thanks to the t )uke of Somerset, observing theit the interest which his grace and other Lords of the Admiralty had shown in the success of the Conway would stimulate the friends of the school to still greater exertions. Mr J. C. EWART, M, P., seconded the motion, which was unanimously and by acclamation carried. I' he Duke of SOMERSET, after acknowledging the vote, said—l can assure you that in giving a cadetship to this institution I have not acted without consideration and thought, and I should not have done it had I not believed that this institution would be well managed by the com mittee, and would be under the care of good and efficient masters, (Hear, hear, and applause.) I called upon Captain Powell, of the Britannia, to know how the boys who came from this school were doing there, and 1 am happy to say he wrote to this effect :—"Taylor and Finlay, first class cadets, and Weaver, second class cadet, are all doing extremely well. They are industrious, gentlemanly, and remarkably well conducted, and, even allowing that they were some of the best boys tram the Conway, they reflect the greatest credit upon that establishment." Lan guage like this will, I believe, encourage the masters and „hose who have the management of this ship, to carry on che education as effectively as hitherto, and perhaps with some little addition, for day by day we require a new knowledge in the navy. We must have more education in steam in connection with navigation. it cannot be long overlooked, but must become a part of instruction in the navy ; and, looking to all these things, say that I have given these cadetships not from any seeking of popularity, or iny motive of that kind, but from an earnest desire that he boys should be brought up in a manner that may adapt hem not only to the mercantile navy but to the royal navy of England ; and, seeing that these two navies are more and more closely associated, it becomes of the greatest im portance that this institution should adapt and fit boys for any position to which they may afterwards be called. (Loud cheers.) Mr JAMES BEASLEY proposed, and Captain SintouLE seconded, a vote ot thanks to the mayor, which was carried unanimously, and the proceedings closed with three cheers for the Queen. The Duke of Somerset and some of the principal visitors were afterwards entertained on board S.M. Majestic, and the remainder of the afternoon was spent in the inspection of the docks, the rams El Monassir and El Tousson, and the foreshore at Tranmere, which Mr J. Laird, M.P., has recommended to the Government as an excellent site for a naval arsenal and dockyard, In the evening the mayor gave a banquet at the Town Hall. I he duke spent a considerable time on board El Tousson minutely examining all parts ot the vessel. The boat's crew from the Majestic turned the fore turret a number of times, so as to show the speed with which it would revolve. During this operation the dike and some other gentlemen remained inside the turret. The duke and other visitors also in spected the Agincourt, an armour-plated vessel now build ing by Messrs Laird at Birkenhead. REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.—A party of tin streamers who are excavating on a place called Gos Moor, in Cornwall, have discovered a layer of hazel nuts at a depth of 24 feet from the surface, and lying be neath 4 feet of ground that had previously been excavated. The shells of the nuts, of which there were many thou sands, were quite perfect, though black, but they contained no kernels. -------- [ADYEZTLIIEWINT.] - Holloway's Pills.— Preventible Diseases.—Many are the maladies which silently work their way into the human system through miasma, noxious vapours, and deteriorated air, which could all be dispos sessed by a few doses of these admirable pills. The vitiated gases enter the lungs as we breathe, and there contaminate the blood, which will convey the poisonous particles throughout the body, unless some purifier, such as these pills, be taken to cleanse it. Holloway's pills expel all harmful matters from the circulation, and cleanse the solids likewise from all treacherous impurities. Is not the whole body formed from the blood, and the blood only ? How necessary, then, does it become to all who value health to employ occasionally some mow of purification. DUBLIN.—There is a new story commenced by the author of " Wylder's Hind," Bco. It is impossible to form much opinion of it at this early stage, but it promises to contain much of that mystery and excitement which have hitherto imparted so much attraction to the pages of the author's earlier productions. Maude, the heroine, is a very pleasing young maiden, as she appears before us in this portion of the tale ; and some of the other characters, especially Lady Knolls, are well sketched, "Charles Townshend, Wit and Statesman," is the subject of an article. It is interesting to peruse, and contains much to win attention. The description of his mother is very remarkable; like most celebrated men, he had a clever mother, but one of a most erratic class ; her sayings and doings were brilliant and most singular, but doubtless they accorded well with the tastes and habits of her day, Speaking of Townshend, the writer remarks that he belonged to a more dramatic style than exists in our time. "We look back to the stirring days in which he lived, and his white plume was seen tossing in the heart of the struggle." This is the first part only of this distin guished man's career, and therefore the more exciting events will be discoursed upon more fully afterwards. This sketch does ample justice to Townshend, while it amply pourtrays one who is well delineated as a strange compound of "wild ness, impetuosity, daring, singular intellectual power, and dazzling brilliancy." " The History of a Hero" is a very strange production. It is in imitation of Carlyle, and chooses a " humbler rogue" to descant upon, instead of the more remarkable individual selected by the great writer. This sketch is cleverly carried on throughout, and will most likely entertain some readers. It is a very apt illustration of the manner in which nowadays many persons delude themselves into believing cheats and villains to be geniuses and men of talent, and when they undergo the penalty of their crimes, call them heroes and martyrs. It is to be trusted that some of the fatuists will peruse this sketch, and judge for them selves how their impressions look .n black and white. " Yaxley and its Neighbourhood," becomes more exciting in this number, it discloses some important facts to our notice. In the first place, Mrs. Pilmer behaves so violently to Lizette that the poor young girl has to leave ; her great aunt at last acknowledges her, and she goes to live with her—a most uncongenial home. Luke Bayly is making all sorts of mischief and preparing other troubles for the future. He gets a large sum from Mrs. Pilmer on pretence of having found the will of Mrs. Meiklam. This story is very simply but very impressively told, and many of the dramatis per sona are sketched true to nature. "The Grand Tour," this time, takes us from " Dresden to Vienna." The various accounts are pleasingly told, and some information worthy of knowledge may be gleaned from these pictures of foreign lands. "Edmond About and the Landes" is a summary of the writings of this author, and we are told that his artistic and critical powers are very 'great, as they appear in his "lively and agreeable stories." The passages here pre sented of his works are certainly entertaining, and seem to abound in quaint description and original observation. There are some verses on the birthday of Shakespere, which aro written in a spirited style, and the writer seems im pressed with the importance of his theme. " Notes on the condition of Ireland" makes some very just remarks as to the prejudice which exists respecting Ireland, when people ought to be more tolerant. " Those silly scoffs work a large amount of mischief, and they are unworthy a great and intellectual people. As an assumption of superiority, they are gratuitous ; as an expression of contempt, they are irritating; and on the score of policy, they are a grave mistake." FRASEll.—Several topics of interest are discussed in Fraser this month. The "Land Revenue of India' , occupies a prominent place among them, and without coinciding in all the writer's views, we commend this carefully written article to all who are interested in studying this great question. Mr. Rossetti contributes a paper on the Royal Academy Exhi bition, which can hardly fail to gratify the lover of art, though it shows just sufficient acerb ty to befit an orthodox artistic criticism. The writer r. minds us that last year, in a similar review, he specially dwelt upon three points. He observed that the British school was becoming tinctured by foreign influ-nces, more particularly French ones; he die cussed the influence exercised by the general character of the subjects; and he touched also upon the tender topic of d ficient space and unfair appropriation of it. He takes, these same points up again, and considers that the influence of the foreign schools is, if anything, less perceptible; the general tone of the subjects ploas€s him less than last sea son, while the standard subjects of cempkint—the deficiency of space and the unfair distribution of it—are passed over with very moderate reprehension, considering the fervour which the writer shows on the matter in other parts. " A Campaigner at Home" is, as usual, very attractive in his meditations. He discourses this time about idealism and idealists, and realists, too, may take piea,ure in what ho says. The present essay is , he hest he has yet given us, and it would be well it the narrow materialism of the present day could catch a little more of its prevailing spirit. " The Judges of England" is the title of a paper which gives a series of brief photographic por traits of our judicial functionaries, not, however, painting them in two flattering colours. " Two Chapters" is the somewhat singular heading of a little paper that discours, chiefly on the malevolence of gossip. This formidable enemy would have less power for mischief if every one fol lowed the sensible advice of the old Earl Marischals. According to this author, over the door of each of their castles were inscribed these words— " They haif sayd ; Qtiat sayd they ? Lat them say 1" We fear that modern common sense is far from reaching that point. Miss Cobbe contributes an essay on the " Morals of Literature," a weighty subject, somewhat heavily treated, unquestionably sound in principle. The story of "Gilbert Rugge " proceeds, and promises to be interesting as the story becomes more advanced. Several poetical contribu tions are scattered through the number, of none of which can we speak very highly. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—Mr. Dudley Cos tello, having completed his history of Mr. Grimshaw's adventures, has now commenced the narrative of Mr. Tomkins's summer tour. As may be conjectured from the title, it is similar in style and character to its predecessor. Mrs. Bushby concludes her Danish story of " Mes alliance," and it is satisfactory to find that Helena dis covers the worthlessness of her noble lover in good time. Francis Jacox gives us an article on Ben Jonson's morose and similar unhappy mortals. Messrs. Bass and Babbage will read the essay with great sympathy and approbation. The overwrought condition of nerves, which is too often the penalty of excessive mental application, is a melancholy picture. The troubled and change,ul life of Queen Hortense, the mother of Napoleon 111., is briefly chronicled in an interesting paper. Dr. Michelson shows " Lottery and Hazard" in their true colours, but they are not so dangerously fascinat ing here as abroad. In this country we reserve our games of hazard for our financial speculations. " The Steamboat to St. Cloud" gives an animated picture of a traveller's adventures. "Street Trades in Paris" is another French paper well worth reading, and a notice of Mr Kirwan's book on " Dinners, Wines, and Desserts" will help to enlighten the uninitiated respecting the secrets of good living. The editor's story of "John Law" proceeds with undiminished spirit. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—The opening article is on Edmond About's work on " Progress," and is well written and interesting. " The Dinner Test of Grief" is a curious paper, commenting on the effects of anxiety or sorrow upon appetite. " Irving at Sannyside" gives us some pleasant pictures of the author. It is remarked that even in an age when successful authorship has been so abundantly remu nerated, few have been SJ fortunate as Irving. From his English copyrights he had derived upwards of twelve thou sand pounds, and in his native country more than 150,000 dollars. The stories of "Strathmore" and " The Quest" are continued, and that of " Won Over" concluded, so that the lovers of fiction have nothing :o complain of. Another story of a sadder and deeper interest is begun in the first part of a tale of Cawnpore. " The Parting on the Prairie" is a sketch of American life, and "The Reign of White Terror" gives a dismal picture of the work of an infuriated and unreasoning mob. CORNHILL.—" Brother Jacob" is the first subject in this number of this periodical. It is a very clever story, quite original in its plot, and is a good defi nition of the manner in which the most cunning are often entrapped. The poor idiot, witb his ant dual powers, was the means of bringing the delinquent to detection, and that at the very time when he was on the point of making his plans perfect, and obtaining a good connection in the place where he had Ea up u n d er an assumed name. The picture of the " natural," com i ng in pitchfork in hand, when the party were seated at tea, is a very striking sketch, and the shame of the guilty David may, as the penny-a-liners have it, more easily imagined than described. "My Three Days' Dictator ship" is a continuation of the sketches that have before appeared in this magazine ; it is written in the same animated style. " Turnpikes" is a very interesting sketch of the origin of those tolls. Five hundred years ago the first was made, and William Phelippe, a hermit, was " the father of that race of turnpike-keepers, whose sovereignty of the roads within 50 miles of London came to an end on the Ist of July of this present year." It is always desirable to understand the peculiarities of any institution, and this resume of turnpikes will attract many readers. " Margaret - - 10 4 c Niak tif ~ 3% t fi Denzil's History" is not yet compl e ted, but still - f4 ; il' romantic incidents before us. " Charleston uncb is a sketch sure to meet with attention Ay juncture. In conclusion, it states that the Fedet'tk . commander is as far from the reduction of Charleston as heg,: a S was a year ago. Old Sumter in its ruins is as strong as ever. " Dreary Court Sky" is a very lugubrious effusion, ' suited to those who like melancholy verses. It is pretty in its expressions, and the style is flowing. An article on " Some Points of the Eton Report" concludes the number. It advocates the study of elocution more particularly than it is at present attended. It is truly said that "to be really elcquent is in the power of few; but to say what one has to say to an assembly fluently, intelligently, and not dis agreeably, is in the power of almost ev ry man who is not a fool or a stammerer, provided he has learnt to do it. English lawyers and actors can always do it, because they have taken the trouble to acquire the art; very few other Englishmen can." TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife' is con. firmed, and approaches the crisis of its narrative. The transition stages of Isabel's mind are vary aptly pourtrayed; and it is wry wall described bow the studies to which the romantic and ill-disciplined girl resorted had the cif, ct of improving her mind, as well as serving as means her passing tiro time. "It is irnp , iQsible to live in the constant com panionship of great writers without growing wiser and better in their grave and genial company. Slow and subtle is the influence that is exercised, unconscious the improvement that is wt ought, but not the lees certain." It seems sad to discover that just at the epoch when her mind was forming and her judgment accepting commonsense no tions, that the temptation again assailed her, but such is natural. Those who do not act on principle must expect to meet with risks, when they feel safe; to encounter evils, when they imagine they have secured themselves from their approach. Painful as this story is, it is nevertheless im possible not to acknowledge its fascinating influence. Its temptations and troubles are so naturally described and faithfully depicted, that the reader may well fancy that a page of real life is unfolded before him instead of an ima ginary chronicle aril a fancied portraiture of events. The other two tales are 4L,,1t pit state of progression. "'Broken to Harness" oontainsiome melancholy episodes in this inetal meat. The Churchills do not find that their new life is so pleasant as they had pictured it, and Barbara's uncomfort able position may serve as a warning to those who under take more than they can manage. Kate Mellon is foolish enough to give heed to slander, and seems in danger of be ing made the tool of a sharper. In " Paid in Full" Led bitter's designs are continued, and the plot is becoming de veloped. The adventures of Horace Bentley are very amusingly chronicled, and his attempts at the part of a dra matist are most ludicrous. "In Church" is a peculiar sketch in verse, which hardly befits thestyleof its subject as regards reverence, and seems to make jokes on matters which should be treated otherwise. " Victor Hugo on Shakapere" is an article that is appropriate at the present time. It is said in conclusion that it is well when the people of both the countries of England and France are versed in the literature of each, and best of all, that they should sincerely admire and justly appreciate, in common the immortal writings of Shakapere. "True to the Last" is a sketch of a very silly young man who deserved the fate that he met with. "Church-street," Liverpool, figures this month among Mr Sala's " Streets of the World." It is sketched in his usual racy style. Other subjects of interest com plete the varied contents of the number, amid which appear " A Druse Funeral on Mount Lebanon," " Catherine the First, Empress of Russia," and some expressive lines at the end, " Traces on the Sand." • THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—This is a better number than usual of the St. James's being more varied in its contents than is customary. The story of the " Man in Chains" which has for the last several months been the cheval de Waite, is brought to a conclusion, and certainly the author follows the sensational fashion of his time to the extreme. The lovers of excitement cannot possibly find any fault with these concluding chapters, which include the recovery of a fortune, the loss of an old estate, a double forgery, and a double murder. There are also some incidental circum stances which render these events still more extraordinary. Thus, the estate which Lord Montalban loses proves to belong to Silvester Langdale, his son-in-law, and this astounding fact only becomes known in the court in which he is con ducting his father-in-law's case, in his capacityas barrister. The particulars of the forgery are still more original, but we will leave the admirers of the marvellous to discover them for themselves. "Among the Hops" is the title of a pleasant chapter on our English vineyards, which the writer styles the most graceful of agricultural products. The plant itself, which is generally supposed to be indi genous to this country, was, he tells us, brought from Flanders at the beginning of the sixteenth century, but it has certainly naturalised itself since that time to very good purpose. A paper on poor "John Clare," whose story is one of the most mournful chapters in literary history, is well worth reading, and is written in a kindly and appre ciative spirit. It is to be hoped that patrons and poets will alike tabs warning —the one of the difficulty and dan ger of transplanting a man from his native :There, and the other of the fickleness of popular favour, and the transient nsture of fame so easily won. The "Records of en Old Police Court" show some entertaining varieties of felon life, and "Art in Aid of Beauty" gives some directions to ladies as to the choice of colours, many of which are, we fear, too elaborate to be impressive. There are several other tales and sketches, besides various poetical contribu tions of no very high order of merit. MACMILLAN'S MAGAZ —" The Hillyars and qe Burtoos" still occupies the prominent place in Macmillan. As the reader might have inferred from the last chapter, old Sir George has died intestate, and Erne Hillyar is consequently turned adrift upon the world. He resolves to share the Buttons' fortunes, and to go with them to Australia, but Emma, whose conduct appears to be extravagant and unreasonable, objects to such a course. Mr Maurice, whose name is better known as a theologian than a politician, discourses about carruption at elections, and plainly tells us that a good many very respectaLle people are guilty of exercising illegal influence, directly or indirectly. The Editor's Recollections of Dead Men whom he has known are this month especially interesting, for they recall Dr Chalmers. Another literary portrait is given us by Mr Dioey, who portrays Nathaniel Hawthorne with a careful and discriminative hand. He was, according to tilts writer, quite out of harmony with his people and his time, belonging rather to that Pace of scholars and philoso phers who love to dream in their studies than to the hard bustling business world of the United States. "How he ever came to have been born in that bustling New World became, from the first moment I knew him, an increasing mystery to me. If ever a man was out of his right ele ment, it was Hawthorne. He belonged indeed to that scattered Shandean family who never are in their right places wherever they happen to be born—to that race of Hamlets to whom the world is always out of joint any where." The portrait thus drawn is not a pleasing one, though probably lifelike. "A Son of the Soil" proceeds with interest, though it is rather diffuse ; and " The Last Days of Sonderborg" gives a description of the quiet home lila of the little town a few days before its bombardment. The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science. The National Association for the Promotion of Socia 1 Science will hold its eighth annual meeting in the city of York, from the 22d to the 29th of September, under the presidency of Lord Brougham. His Grace the Archbishop of York is one of the vice presidents, and also the president of the education department. The Right Hon. Sir James P. Wilde, Judge of the Probate Court, presides over the department of jurisprudence. The other chairs have not yet been filled up. The council of the associate have found it necessary, owing to the annual pressure of business, to adopt new regulations. In each of the departments, now ments PRUDEN CE. reduced to four, three special questions are put, and u day is to be devoted to the discussion of each, the voluntary papers being read and discussed on the remaining dips. The following are the questions for the several depo t SPECIAL QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION IN ;WO 1. Are the laws of real property in the Oren parts of the United Kingdom respectively, in their substance and ten dency, suited to the present condition of Society ? and, if not, bow should they be improved P 2 . On what principle criminal cases respectively ? should the law deal with the questions of resp ons ibility an d mental competence in civil and 3. Whether any, and what, oashorations can be introduced into the institution and oonduct of criminal prosecutions ? SPECIAL QUESTIONS POO DISCUSSION IN EDUCATION. 1. What Improvemepts can be introduced into the present system of public sohcol education ? The discussion will be opened by a paper on the report of the commissioners ap pointed to i nq uire into the reve nues and management of certain colleges and schools. 2. In what way can the grammar an d other endowed schools be made more available fur the education of the middle class? 3. What are the peculiar difficulties in the way of elementary education in sm ell towns and rural districts, and how can those difficul ties be removed or lessened ? IiPECIAL QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION IN HEALTH. 1. What are the best means for disposing of the sewage of towns ? 2. What aro the causes, and what are the means for the prevention of excessive infant mort-dity. 3. What is the influence on health of the overcrowding of dwelling houses and workshops, Anil by what means should such overe ow ding be prevented ? SPECIAL QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION IN ECONOMY AND TRADE 1. What are the effects upon trade of the existing laws of maritime warfare? 2. Is the granting of patents for inven tions conducive to the interests of trade? 3. In what re spects and to what extent should Government security and supervision be applied to the provident investments of the working classes? ANOTHER BARK FROM THE MINISTERIAL WaTcR-DoG.---Orders have been received at the several stations along the coast by the respective officers in the Coastguard Service to have their men in readiness, at ten minutes' notice, to start by steamer wherever wanted for active service,— Waterford Mail.